CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The Staten Island son of a man who committed suicide by hanging himself in a Florida jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Pinellas County sheriff and two prison staffers. The suit accuses them of not monitoring his suicidal father while he was locked up.

His father Richard John Troyanos reportedly used an elastic waistband from his jail uniform to hang himself in his cell in Pinellas County Jail on Nov. 9, 2006. He was 44 at the time.

The suit, filed Oct. 20 in Florida, alleges that Sheriff Jim Coats was negligent in his duty to "train, supervise, control, monitor and otherwise ensure" that jail staffers did not violate Troyanos' rights to adequate medical and psychological care. Dr. Richard Miller and nurse Raphaelita Simon-Robinson are also named in the suit.

Troyanos was being treated for several mental health issues, including depression, bipolar disorder and psychosis, according to the report, and had a history of suicide attempts.